Rotary Cutter Can I?

[Stancoll]

Thanks everyone, all good advice I will attempt to heed. One thing for sure, my hunting partner will be ahead of me on his atv to look for any obstructions that don't just jump out at us..

 

[wagne223]

This is me clearing an overgrown field on some hunting property.
Had no idea what was in there. Just went slow, and watched for stumps, or anything that would cause problems.

But this is me. You have to do what is comfortable for you.

Kubota L2501 Heavy Brushcutting - YouTube

 

[nyone]

4ft tall stuff i would just dump the bucket all the way and scrape away. It should pull loose most of the small bushes, trees and leave the top soil.

 

[4570Man]

4ft tall stuff i would just dump the bucket all the way and scrape away. It should pull loose most of the small bushes, trees and leave the top soil.

Terrible idea especially going backwards. Tractors aren’t meant for that and the cylinders will bend.

 

[nyone]

No one said anything about going backwards. And i guess i should have a mountian of bent cylinders by now...yet i have none and a 61yr old tractor.

 

[wagne223]

Terrible idea especially going backwards. Tractors aren’t meant for that and the cylinders will bend.

Yes, the bucket has a lot of leverage when dumped and the extended cylinders are at their weakest point.

When I use the loader as a dozer, I keep the bucket as parallel to the ground as possible.

Of course now that I'm better with the box blade, I really only use the loader for picking up and dumping material.
The BB does all the digging, scraping and loosening.

 

[4570Man]

No one said anything about going backwards. And i guess i should have a mountian of bent cylinders by now...yet i have none and a 61yr old tractor.

Glad it works for you. But it’s a bad idea especially going backwards. Plenty of people have bent cylinders doing it. You probably aren’t going to change your ways and I don’t care but now at least the new unsuspecting tractor owner has been warned.

 

[tcreeley]

With my bush hog I have cut a lot of brush, grown up field edges. I have a 5' tow along. It handles 3" spruce, pine, 1 " birch, golden rods, ant hills. I just leave the bucket low to warn me of stones or tree limbs.

 

[Stancoll]

Glad it works for you. But it’s a bad idea especially going backwards. Plenty of people have bent cylinders doing it. You probably aren’t going to change your ways and I don’t care but now at least the new unsuspecting tractor owner has been warned.

OK gentlemen, lets keep it civil. I'm just asking for advice/input, not wanting to cause confrontation. All good advice and direction that I will remember and try to use. I have used the bucket parallel to the ground and pushed a few things behind my home that I wanted further out in the woods. I've also backed my rotary mower to cut some small patches that i could not otherwise get to by going forward. The only time that I've used the bucket to drag with is to float/back drag some fill dirt. I have to change part of my statement, I believe i said 25-30 feet, it's more like 30 yards, sorry, my bad. I was just thinking that backing up slowly would be a way to keep from getting stuff caught in the undercarriage. Still sounds good, but the punctured tires are a consideration. I may just wait until I cough up the cash for the Piranha teeth bar. Hope yawl have a great weekend!

 

[nyone]

Again no one said to scrape going backwards. That wouldnt even make sence. Your cylinders would be pulled appart not compressed thus no risk in bending a cyl.